Bao Rong ( Chinese: 包融; Wade–Giles: Pao Jung; fl. early 8th century) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. He was a native of Yanling (modern Danyang, Jiangsu province). [1] He is traditionally grouped with He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, and Zhang Ruoxu as the Four Poets of Central Wu (吳中四士), the Lower Yangtze region. [2] He served as a minor official in the Ministry of Justice of the Tang government, and was a close friend of the poet Meng Haoran. Bao Rong's two sons Bao He (包何) and Bao Ji (包佶) were also accomplished poets. The trio is collectively called the "Three Baos". [1]
The Complete Tang Poems includes eight of his poems. [3] His biography is included in the Yuan dynasty work Biographies of Tang Talents (唐才子传) by Xin Wenfang (辛文房). [4]